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The phrase "extortionately expensive" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It means something is excessively or unreasonably expensive. Examples: - The hotel room was extortionately expensive, charging $500 a night during peak season. - I couldn't believe how extortionately expensive the designer dress was, costing more than my monthly salary. - The tickets for the concert were extortionately expensive, but die-hard fans were still willing to pay for them.
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Except that two days in you begin to realize that your newfound credentials are less than adequate, stamps are extortionately expensive, and the basement now littered with forgotten exercise equipment has become a gym for some very buff-looking rodents.
A taxi will be extortionately expensive.
(Internet service on the QM2 is slow and extortionately expensive).
Do you think the hen party, the new outfit and the wedding present are extortionately expensive?
In actual fact, her appearance at Gaultier's show has roots in the grandest tradition of hand-crafted, extortionately expensive clothing.
It's also the beating heart of Finland's legendary design scene – and with careful planning it needn't be extortionately expensive.
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Then spend more of it on extortionately priced designer clothes.
Apple refused to pay Samsung's licence fees, arguing that they were extortionately priced.
It then seems counter-intuitive to make those things themselves extortionately priced," said Miles.
They are shifting to slightly longer two or three-month loans, which are still extortionately priced.
Artistic endeavours are all well and good, but it won't pay those extortionately high Manhattan rents.
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